EP1604691A3 - Alliages biocompatibles pour articles médicaux implantables - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP1604691A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: weight percent; implantable medical; range; exceed; medical devices
Prior art date: 2004-06-07
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EP05253049A

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Robert Burgermeister

Randy-David Burce Grishaber

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Cordis Corp

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2004-06-07

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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
- A61L27/00—Materials for grafts or prostheses or for coating grafts or prostheses
- A61L27/02—Inorganic materials
- A61L27/04—Metals or alloys
- A61L27/047—Other specific metals or alloys not covered by A61L27/042 - A61L27/045 or A61L27/06
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
- A61L31/00—Materials for other surgical articles, e.g. stents, stent-grafts, shunts, surgical drapes, guide wires, materials for adhesion prevention, occluding devices, surgical gloves, tissue fixation devices
- A61L31/02—Inorganic materials
- A61L31/022—Metals or alloys

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Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
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Veterinary Medicine (AREA)
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Animal Behavior & Ethology (AREA)
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Transplantation (AREA)
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (AREA)
Medicinal Chemistry (AREA)
Dermatology (AREA)
Heart & Thoracic Surgery (AREA)
Surgery (AREA)
Vascular Medicine (AREA)
Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)
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EP05253049A 2004-06-07 2005-05-18 Alliages biocompatibles pour articles médicaux implantables Revoked EP1604691B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US10/862,246 US20050273156A1 (en)	2004-06-07	2004-06-07	Biocompatible alloy for implantable medical devices
US862246		2004-06-07

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1604691A2 EP1604691A2 (fr)	2005-12-14
EP1604691A3 true EP1604691A3 (fr)	2006-01-11
EP1604691B1 EP1604691B1 (fr)	2008-03-12

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EP05253049A Revoked EP1604691B1 (fr)	2004-06-07	2005-05-18	Alliages biocompatibles pour articles médicaux implantables

Country Status (6)

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US (1)	US20050273156A1 (fr)
EP (1)	EP1604691B1 (fr)
JP (1)	JP2005349200A (fr)
AT (1)	ATE388727T1 (fr)
CA (1)	CA2509175A1 (fr)
DE (1)	DE602005005244T2 (fr)

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US7794493B2 (en) *	2004-06-30	2010-09-14	Cordis Corporation	Magnetic resonance imaging compatibility alloy for implantable medical devices
US7344560B2 (en) *	2004-10-08	2008-03-18	Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.	Medical devices and methods of making the same
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US9566147B2 (en)	2010-11-17	2017-02-14	Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.	Radiopaque intraluminal stents comprising cobalt-based alloys containing one or more platinum group metals, refractory metals, or combinations thereof
US11298251B2 (en)	2010-11-17	2022-04-12	Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.	Radiopaque intraluminal stents comprising cobalt-based alloys with primarily single-phase supersaturated tungsten content
US9724494B2 (en)	2011-06-29	2017-08-08	Abbott Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.	Guide wire device including a solderable linear elastic nickel-titanium distal end section and methods of preparation therefor
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2004
- 2004-06-07 US US10/862,246 patent/US20050273156A1/en not_active Abandoned
2005
- 2005-05-18 EP EP05253049A patent/EP1604691B1/fr not_active Revoked
- 2005-05-18 DE DE602005005244T patent/DE602005005244T2/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2005-05-18 AT AT05253049T patent/ATE388727T1/de not_active IP Right Cessation
- 2005-06-06 CA CA002509175A patent/CA2509175A1/fr not_active Abandoned
- 2005-06-06 JP JP2005165948A patent/JP2005349200A/ja not_active Withdrawn

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US5044368A (en) *	1990-04-23	1991-09-03	Ad-Tech Medical Instrument Corporation	Diagnostic electrode for use with magnetic resonance imaging
US5725572A (en) *	1994-04-25	1998-03-10	Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.	Radiopaque stent
EP0804934A2 (fr) *	1996-04-30	1997-11-05	Schneider (Usa) Inc.	Extenseur en alliage cobalt-chrome-molybdène et greffe à extenseur
US20020123795A1 (en) *	1999-03-16	2002-09-05	Jalisi Marc M.	Multilayer stent
WO2001072349A1 (fr) *	2000-03-24	2001-10-04	Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.	Stent intraluminal radiopaque
US20020058989A1 (en) *	2000-09-22	2002-05-16	Chao Chen	Stent with optimal strength and radiopacity characteristics

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ATE388727T1 (de)	2008-03-15
JP2005349200A (ja)	2005-12-22
US20050273156A1 (en)	2005-12-08
DE602005005244T2 (de)	2009-05-20
EP1604691A2 (fr)	2005-12-14
EP1604691B1 (fr)	2008-03-12
CA2509175A1 (fr)	2005-12-07
DE602005005244D1 (de)	2008-04-24

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